The Dead Simple Markdown Guide to Paragraphs

20 Aug 2024

Paragraphs

To create paragraphs, use a blank line to separate one or more lines of text.

Markdown	HTML	Rendered Output
`I really like using Markdown.` `I think I'll use it to format all of my documents from now on.`	`<p>I really like using Markdown.</p>` `<p>I think I'll use it to format all of my documents from now on.</p>`	I really like using Markdown.I think I'll use it to format all of my documents from now on.

Note: If you need to indent paragraphs in the output, see the section on how to indent (tab).

✅ Do this	❌ Don't do this
`Don't put tabs or spaces in front of your paragraphs.` `Keep lines left-aligned like this.`	`This can result in unexpected formatting problems.` `Don't add tabs or spaces in front of paragraphs.`

This guide is a Matt Cone project available on Markdown Guide under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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